Ice creeper



R. C. RUPP ICE CREEPER Aug. 13, 1940.

Filed Sept. 18, 1939 WIrNE S I w Patented Aug. 13, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 5 Claims.

The invention aims to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient ice creeper which may be quickly and easily applied and removed.

A [further object is to provide one form of the invention particularly adapted for use when wearing overshoes, galoshes or the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide an additional form of construction particularly adapted for use when not wearing overshoes or the like.

With the foregoing in View, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, description being accomplished by reference to the accompanying drawins.

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing one form of the invention engaged with an overshoe.

Figure 2 is a perspective View of the device shown in Figure 1.

Figures 3 and 4 are perspective views showing a different form of construction to be engaged with an ordinary shoe sole.

In the form of construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a horizontally elongated metal plate I0 is provided, said plate having two calks H at each end and a notch or slot l2 between said calks. Two elongated loops I3 lie against the lower side of the plate It at the ends thereof and are adjustably secured thereto by bolts 14, the outer ends of said loops being curved upwardly at I5 through the notches or slots l2 and then extended forwardly and rearwardly to provide front arms 16 and rear arms H. The plate I0 is to be positioned under the instep of the foot, the arms i6 engage the sole edge of an overshoe, and the arms I! engage the heel edge of said overshoe, said arms being preferably provided with covering sleeves l8 of rubber or thelike to prevent them from injuring the shoe. In forming the loops i3 and arms lB-i'l, two lengths of spring wire are used, one length being utilized for the loop and arms at one end of the plate ill, and the other for the loop and arms at the other end of said plate. The arms yieldably grip the sole and heel edges and firmly hold the device in place, yet permit said device to be easily pulled from the overshoe when desired. Moreover, the resiliency of the arms permits easy application of the device without disturbing the bolts l4, these bolts and the loops l3 being provided only to permit relative adjustment of the two sets of arms according to the width of the overshoe to be engaged.

In the form of construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a plate It is provided with talks I l at its ends, and one end oi said plate is formed with a notch or slot l2 between the c-alks. A zig-zag spring l9 lies against the lower side of the plate l0 and is extended at one end as shown at V2!] and bent upwardly and inwardly through the slot or notch l2 to provide a hook 21 to engage one edge of a shoe sole, preferably directly in front of the heel. At the opposite end of the plate l0, another hook 22 is provided, said hook being preferably formedon a metal strip 23 which extends transversely of said plate, the ends of said strip being provided with flanges 24 clinched around the plate to hold the strip in position.

The end of the spring l9 remote from the hook 2| is provided with an elongated loop 25 through which a bolt 26 passes to secure the spring to the plate Ill. Loosening of the bolt permits adjustment of the hook 2| toward or from the hook 22 according to the width of the shoe upon which the device is to be worn.

The form of construction last described, like the first-described form, may be quickly and easily attached or detached, and will be efiicient and desirable.

While preferred details have been disclosed, variations may of course be made within the scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. An ice creeper comprising an elongated plate to extend transversely of a shoe sole, the ends of said plate being each provided with two calks, one end of said plate being formed with a notch between its calks, a shoe-sole-engaging-member extending through said notch and having an elongated loop lying against and disposed longitudinally of the lower side of said plate, a bolt passing through said loop and securing said member adjustably to said plate, and a second shoe-soleengaging member connected with the end of said plate remote from said notch.

2. An ice creeper comprising a calls-carrying plate to extend transversely under the instep por-- tion of an overshoe, upwardly and forwardly projecting spring arms on the ends of said plate to 4. An ice creeper comprising a calk-carrying plate to underlie a shoe sole, one end of said plate being provided with a slot, a hook on the other end of said plate to engage one edge of a shoe sole, and a spring under said plate and secured at one of its ends thereto, the other end of said spring being .bent upwardly through said slot and bent to provide a second hook to engage the other edge of the shoe sole.

5. A structure as specified in claim 4; said one end of said spring being bent to provide an elongated loop, and a bolt passing through said loop and adjustably securing said spring to said plate.

RAYMOND C. RUPP. 

